Latest SES news
22 February 2010
British Bob Skeleton Olympic champion
We congratulate Amy Williams on becoming Bob Skeleton 2010 Olympic Champion in Vancouver.
17 February 2010
Fantastic Forces
An innovative project will see Year 8 Salisbury High School students working with researchers from University of Southampton and staff from the Nuffield Theatre. The project aims to engage and inspire students into Science and Engineering by highlighting the link between Science and the Arts through interactive workshops and hands-on design challenges.
New global initiative to assess Haiti earthquake damage
26 January 2010 Volunteers from the University’s Schools of Engineering Sciences and Electronics, Geography and Computer Science worked with the Surrey office of Californian research company ImageCat, to provide an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the extent of the devastation.
05 January 2010
Interview with Prof. Terry Langdon on Magnesium Alloy Sheets:
Pod Cast: The review article “Principles of Equal-Channel Angular Pressing as a Processing Tool for Grain Refinement” by Ruslan Z. Valiev and Terence G. Langdon was published in Progress in Materials Science in 2006. This paper is now receiving more than 150 citations each year and it is the most cited paper to appear in the journal in 2006.
09 December 2009
The 15th Postgraduate Conference in Engineering Materials, Bio-Engineering and Tribology
The 15th Postgraduate conference was successfully held on 2nd October 2009 at the Lyndhurst Park Hotel in the New Forest. A total of 88 academics and PhD students from the Engineering Materials and Bioengineering Research Groups and the newly established national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) in School of Engineering Sciences (SES) at University of Southampton and 7 industrial experts from companies who sponsor our PhD programmes joined the one-day conference. Additionally 12 support staff from the research groups and the Armourers and Brasiers medal winners and their families also joined at the conference lunch.
08 December 2009
Southampton students take off
The first group of Southampton students undertaking the Foundation Engineering Diploma will have a unique opportunity to experience engineering in action at the University of Southampton on Thursday (10 December).
06 October 2009
Professor Terence G. Langdon wins the Bulk Nanostructured Materials Honours Award for 2009
Prof. Langdon was cited for "for a remarkable contribution to the development of bulk nanostructured materials."
14 September 2009
5th International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology
The 5th International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology was held at the University of Southampton, 8-10 September 2009.
08 September 2009
International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions in honour of Professor W. Geraint Price
An International Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions was held at the University of Southampton, on 7 September 2009
28 August 2009
Southampton students are wind beneath Gadget Show's wings at Worthing Birdman
Southampton students are wind beneath Gadget Show's wings at Worthing Birdman
28 August 2009
Peter Wright wins the "Tsai Award” at The International Conference on Composite Materials
Peter Wright wins the "Tsai Award”
14 August 2009
British Channel Challenge for Hampshire fluid dynamics researcher Dr Phil Archer
Phil and Rob Archer to swim the British Channel
24 July 2009
SUCCESS! and Flying Finish for Ship Science Project
SUCCESS! and Flying Finish for Ship Science Project
08 July 2009
Dr Kenji Takeda will be awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal in London today (9th July 2009).
Drug trials point the way to understanding aviation and climate change
06 July 2009
School of Engineering Sciences Team aim high to compete in the SAUC_E 2009 European Competition
Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge – Europe 2009
15 June 2009
Southampton University School of Engineering Sciences No.1 in Guardian League Table 2010 UK
Southampton University School of Engineering Sciences No.1 in Guardian League Table 2010 UK
03 June 2009
Southampton University wins national award for the UK’s best engineering event
Inaugural ETB award for the UK’s ‘Best Engineering Event’
05 June 2009
Southampton students create STORM in space
The Southampton Transient Oxygen and Radiation Monitor (STORM) instrument is destined for the International Space Station
03 June 2009
Southampton University wins national award for the UK’s best engineering event
Inaugural ETB award for the UK’s ‘Best Engineering Event’
11 May 2009
Technological Tapestry Unveiled
A technological tapestry was unveiled this week at Intech, the interactive Science Centre in Winchester. The Tapestry, designed by students at Winchester School of Art and woven at West Dean Tapestry Studio
29 May 2009
New scholarships announced as part of strategic business relationship with Boeing
The University of Southampton and The Boeing Company have extended their strategic business relationship. As part of the relationship, Boeing has announced sponsorship for several prestigious scholarships for study in the Schools of Engineering Sciences and Management at the University of Southampton.
30 January 2009
Ground-breaking trial could revolutionise diabetes treatment
A hi-tech under-the-skin sensor is to be used to monitor diabetes patients' glucose levels in a pioneering new study by Southampton clinicians.
22 December 2008
RAE 2008: Success for Engineering Sciences
Researchers in the School of Engineering Sciences are celebrating success in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
22 December 2008
Langdon named as AAAS Fellow
Materials scientist, Professor Langdon has been named as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his outstanding contributions in science and engineering.
22 December 2008
Students reach for the skies to beat European competition
A team of fourth year students from the School of Engineering sciences have won this year’s European UAV competition (ESCO-UAS).
04 December 2008
Southampton academics ‘fly’ supercomputer
A new paradigm for flight simulation is being demonstrated by a team of engineers from the University of Southampton this week in Orlando, Florida.
28 November 2008
Top sports researcher involved in Britain's Olympic success presents RNLI Annual Lecture
A fascinating insight into how engineering knowledge is applied to sport will be presented at this year's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Annual Lecture at the University of Southampton on 4 December 2008.
20 November 2008
Rocket scientists splash down in Southampton
Talented students with ambitions to lead the next generation of Space engineers are gathering in Southampton this weekend (22 - 23 November) for the 20th annual conference of UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS).
20 November 2008
Out of this world: new popular science book explains how spacecraft fly
A new popular science book by a Southampton academic aims to explain the design and operation of spacecraft in an entertaining and readable way - without using complex mathematical equations.
12 November 2008
International prize awarded to Sound Archive project
A team of five academics and research staff based within the Electromechanical Research Group in the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Southampton are the first recipients of the James A Linder prize.
12 November 2008
Professor wins European Academy of Sciences Medal
Professor Langdon, Research Professor of Materials Science and Director of the Centre for Nanostructured Materials in the School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Material Science from the European Academy of Sciences (EAS)
03 November 2008
Airbus turns to Southampton for quiet future
A new research centre is set to help combat the pressing environmental issue of aircraft noise by identifying quiet solutions for future airliners.
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